December 6, 2015

Who Voted in the 2015 Cambridge Municipal Election?

For the November 2015 Municipal Election, there were 63,338 registered voters with identified birthdates. Their median age was 38.7. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 3, 2015) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters – 2015

Of these registered voters, 17,885 voted in the 2015 municipal election. Their median age was 56.0. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 3, 2015) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters Who Voted in the 2015 Municipal Election

For the November 2014 State Election, there were 66,315 registered voters with identified birthdates. Their median age was 37.9. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 4, 2014) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters – 2014

Of these registered voters, 32,569 voted in the 2014 State Election. Their median age was 49.3. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 4, 2014) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters Who Voted in the 2014 State Election

For the November 2013 Municipal Election, there were 70,601 registered voters with identified birthdates. Their median age was 37.0. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 5, 2013) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters – 2013

Of these registered voters, 17,800 voted in the 2013 Municipal Election. Their median age was 56.4. Here’s how their ages as of Election Day (Nov 5, 2013) were distributed (in 3-year intervals):

Registered Voters Who Voted in the 2013 Municipal Election

Changes from 2013 to 2015:

The total number of voters in the 2013 and 2015 Cambridge Municipal Elections were comparable, but there were some noticeable differences by age. Here’s a table showing some of this information:

age

voted
2015

2015 pct.
turnout

voted
2014

2014 pct.
turnout

voted
2013

2013 pct.
turnout

2013 to 2015
change

18-20

205

15.5

392

21.6

291

12.4

–86

21-23

303

8.2

884

25.1

361

10.1

–58

24-26

666

12.4

1956

32.6

620

9.7

+46

27-29

878

12.8

2423

33.5

763

9.5

+115

30-32

787

12.6

2329

34.8

791

10.5

–4

33-35

841

17.3

1974

37.1

742

12.5

+99

36-38

797

21.7

1680

43.3

632

14.6

+165

39-41

709

24.1

1406

46.8

677

21.2

+32

42-44

741

30.3

1355

50.8

763

27.0

–22

45-47

786

32.8

1331

56.7

733

29.5

+53

48-50

759

35.4

1297

57.7

788

33.5

–29

51-53

855

38.6

1485

64.6

915

38.7

–60

54-56

931

42.2

1571

68.4

1050

42.9

–119

57-59

1086

46.5

1692

70.0

1095

45.4

–9

60-62

1067

45.1

1824

74.4

1200

47.5

–133

63-65

1171

50.0

1797

75.6

1229

50.8

–58

66-68

1219

53.0

1775

78.3

1172

53.1

+47

69-71

1035

56.0

1428

77.8

1015

57.1

+20

72-74

880

57.3

1108

79.5

738

59.0

+142

75-77

608

57.4

797

76.6

596

58.4

+12

78-80

500

57.7

638

76.3

460

55.8

+40

81-83

351

52.2

483

70.0

382

53.9

–31

84-86

285

47.9

402

66.7

321

54.3

–36

87-89

202

47.6

263

58.8

224

48.0

–22

90-92

137

42.5

163

51.3

139

41.1

–2

93-95

59

33.0

71

38.0

64

37.6

–5

96-98

17

22.7

29

39.2

27

30.3

–10

99-101

10

35.7

14

36.8

11

27.5

–1

102-104

0

0.0

2

16.7

0

0.0

0

105-107

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

25.0

–1

Total

17885

28.2

32569

49.1

17800

25.2

+85

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Today’s Quiz Question: How many Cambridge voters have voted in every city-wide election since 1997 (including municipal elections, primaries, state elections, special (city-wide) elections, and federal elections)?

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